For centuries, hemophilia was a dangerous genetic disorder with no treatment. Children with hemophilia often didn't make it to adulthood, since a bump or fall could cause massive internal bleeding.
[iStockphoto] Haemophilia, a rare genetic blood disorder primarily affecting males, is a non-communicable disease (NCD) with global implications. According to the World Federation of Hemophilia ...
If we look back just 70 years, the prognosis for patients with haemophilia was remarkably different to what it is today. In fact, in the 1950s and 1960s, life expectancy for the disease was around ...
Is hemophilia A the same as von Willebrand disease? Hemophilia A and von Willebrand disease are distinct conditions. Both arise from genetic changes that affect blood clotting, but the genes and ...
The results, which were recently published in the renowned scientific journal Blood, contribute significantly to a better understanding of the disease. Haemophilia is a hereditary blood disorder ...
Gandhinagar: Haemophilia patients in Gujarat are receiving essential treatment to prevent life-threatening bleeding episodes, ...
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Around 200 people with haemophilia B will be eligible for the gene therapy, which helps their body produce blood-clotting factors and "frees" them from regular treatments, said Bloomberg.
Pfizer said in a statement that a slow uptake of haemophilia A gene therapy in patients with moderate to severe disease and “limited interest” in another gene therapy option for the specified ...
Sickle cell disease affects approximately eight million people worldwide with big consequences for the individual patient, yet there are few treatment options available. Our sickle cell research ...